BAD DOG by Jennifer Hoppe-House
After ten years clean and sober, Molly Drexler falls off the wagon and drives her Prius through her living room wall. With a hole in the house as big as the hole in their hearts, Molly’s two sisters, mother, father, and evil stepmother descend for an “intervention” that doesn’t play out the way anyone thought it would.
The NNPN Rolling World Premiere of BAD DOG, a sharp and poignant dark comedy, premiered at The Orlando Shakespeare Theatre and The Olney Theatre Center as part of the Women's Voices Theatre Festival.
Awards and Accolades
Awards and Accolades
Awards and Accolades
BAD DOG was nominated for five Helen Hayes Awards:
Outstanding Play
“Bad Dog,” Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Director of a Play
Jeremy B. Cohen, “Bad Dog,” Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
“Bad Dog,” Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Naomi Jacobson, “Bad Dog,” Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Lead Actress
Hol
BAD DOG was nominated for five Helen Hayes Awards:
Outstanding Play
“Bad Dog,” Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Director of a Play
Jeremy B. Cohen, “Bad Dog,” Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
“Bad Dog,” Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Naomi Jacobson, “Bad Dog,” Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Lead Actress
Holly Twyford, “Bad Dog,” Olney Theatre Center
Jennifer Hoppe-House was nominated for a Steinberg Award for Playwriting
Rave Reviews
Awards and Accolades
Awards and Accolades
"The dialogue by Jennifer Hoppe-House bounds and glimmers...These characters deliver one of the most knowing and unsettling plays thus far in the citywide Women's Voices Theatre Festival."
- N. Pressley, The Washington Post
"Jennifer Hoppe-House's sensibility is straight up Eugene O'Neill."
- Washington City Paper
"BAD DOG is the kind o
"The dialogue by Jennifer Hoppe-House bounds and glimmers...These characters deliver one of the most knowing and unsettling plays thus far in the citywide Women's Voices Theatre Festival."
- N. Pressley, The Washington Post
"Jennifer Hoppe-House's sensibility is straight up Eugene O'Neill."
- Washington City Paper
"BAD DOG is the kind of theater that gnaws at you long after you’ve left."
– Washingtonian
"Ms. Hoppe-House steps into the tradition of modern playwrights like Arthur Miller."
- Brevard Culture
"Hoppe-House's dialogue is peppered with fresh and clever rejoinders, eliciting plenty of audience laughter...this is a must see this season."
- Lisa Traiger, Washington Jewish Week
"BAD DOG is filled with humor, sarcasm, and tears, and lots of heart."
- DC Metro
History of Bad Dog
Awards and Accolades
History of Bad Dog
- 2011 Staged Reading Workshop at The Blank Theatre in Hollywood starring Valerie Harper, Robert Foxworth, Jennie Garth, Anne Ramsay, Wendel Meldrum, Bo Foxworth and Rebecca Lowman as Molly, directed by Jane Lanier
- 2011 Finalist in Pride Plays and Films Women's Work Festival in Chicago
- 2013 PlayFest at Orlando Shakespeare Festival, d
- 2011 Staged Reading Workshop at The Blank Theatre in Hollywood starring Valerie Harper, Robert Foxworth, Jennie Garth, Anne Ramsay, Wendel Meldrum, Bo Foxworth and Rebecca Lowman as Molly, directed by Jane Lanier
- 2011 Finalist in Pride Plays and Films Women's Work Festival in Chicago
- 2013 PlayFest at Orlando Shakespeare Festival, directed by Jeremy B. Cohen
- 2014 Unplugged Reading Series at Asolo REP, directed Jeremy B. Cohen
- 2014-2015 NNPN Rolling World Premiere at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, directed by Mark Routhier
- 2015 NNPN Rolling World Premiere at Olney Theatre Center, directed by Jeremy B. Cohen